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Tumwater – The minimum wage in Washington will increase to $11 an hour starting on Jan. 1, 2017. Since the recent election, the Department of Labor & Industries has received scores of calls asking for clarity on the details of the new law. The new minimum wage, a result of the passage of Initiative 1433, applies…

OLYMPIA, WA – Providence St. Peter Foundation is pleased to announce that the 29th annual Christmas Forest raised $533,000 which benefits the Providence Mission of providing compassionate and excellent health care to all, with a special concern for the poor and vulnerable. This annual five-day event, sponsored by Titus Will, is the foundation’s largest fundraiser…

LACEY, Wash., Dec. 6, 2016 – Local middle schoolers have 1,335,600 seconds left to sign up for the Thurston County MATHCOUNTS competition. For those of you who don’t consider yourself mathletes, that’s a deadline of Dec. 16. MATHCOUNTS, a national middle school coaching and competitive mathematics program, holds its local “bee” style competition in…